Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

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Spectrum: The fascinating world of science and technology

Spectrum is a half-hour weekly with developments in the fields of science and technology.

From advances that will change our lives to offbeat oddities, our team of reporters around the world keeps you up to date.

Meet Nobel Prize-winning inventors, be the first to know about innovations in technology or discover the meaning of research in everyday life. Background to science as it appears in the headlines and discoveries you probably never heard about.


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Science unscripted (Spectrum) 03/29/2022
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This week on the show: How could a diabetes medicine be connected with a '40% increase' in birth defects? And with stealth omicron now dominating....

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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Science unscripted (Spectrum) 04/05/2022
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This week on the show: It's important for us to know what animals are "saying." And new technology lets us do just that. Also, a select few of you...

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  • Added: Apr 09, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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Science unscripted (Spectrum) 04/12/2022
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Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: He outran it for two years. But this week, COVID caught up with Gabe.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 04/19/2022
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This week on the show: A less healthy Gabe returns to talk long COVID, new variants & the best corona metric we still have.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted (DW Spectrum) 04/26/2022
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This week on the show: We know now that pigs can express their happiness (or sadness) vocally. But did you know that those emotions can be manipul...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 05/03/2022
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Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Studies out of South Africa indicate that our natural immunity to Omicron might already be waning.

  • Added: May 07, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 05/10/2022
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Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The stuff you breathe out can tell an enormous amount about your health — and intentions.

  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 05/17/2022
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This week on the show: An unusual experiment has cats staring at cat faces, while Dutch researchers go full sci-fi and "brain scan" an image out o...

  • Added: May 20, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 05/24/2022
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Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: A look at why some people just... aren't that interesting to be around. Also, the 'infection app' that doesn't exist.

  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 05/31/2022
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This week on the show: Word has spread of a therapy — only found in Germany — that can help with long COVID. What is it? And does it really work?

  • Added: Jun 04, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 06/07/2022
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Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: A much-needed update for our COVID vaccines — and also, if it turned out tires were absolutely horrible for our health... w...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted 06/14/2022
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This week on the show: Big assumptions about monkeypox are changing ⁠— and you really need to listen to what a chatbot in California is saying.

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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Science unscripted (Spectrum) 06/28/2022
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This week on the show: The need for CHAOS (and an electric tongue)

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  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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Science unscripted (Spectrum) 07/05/2022
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This week on the show: Why you will probably choose to live with the wrong person. It is perhaps the most important decision we make in our lives...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted (DW Spectrum) 07/12/2022
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This week on the show: This was it. This was the week where we got to see our universe in a way we've never seen it before. There's more to this e...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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Science unscripted (Spectrum) 07/19/2022
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This week on the show: Should we just… ignore the (pretty solid) health data saying we shouldn't drink until middle age?

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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Science unscripted DW 07/26/2022
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Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: There's some pretty stunning news (some of it bad) about the drugs aimed at treating depression or obesity. Also, is it act...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 08/02/2022
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Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: We were so overwhelmed by your emails we could hardly keep your names straight!

  • Added: Aug 05, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 08/09/2022
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Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: For some people, the BA.5 situation's looking... more manageable than expected? And also, what we maybe shouldn't have said ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 08/16/2022
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This week on the show: What happens if, in an attempt to learn more about yourself, you find something ugly?

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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